Vorträge
Vorträge seit 2012 (Auswahl)
2024
- ‘Professionalism coming “South”: rugby, transnational mobility and Fijian sociality’, Treffen der RG Ozeanien, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Göttingen, 28. Juni 2024.
- ‘Fiji Islander Labour(?) Migration to Japan and the United Kingdom’, Meeting der Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania (ASAO), online, 4. Februar 2024.
2023
- ‘Beyond transnational labour migration: The broader implications of rugby for diasporic Fiji Islander sociality in Japan’, 27. Konferenz der New Zealand Studies Association, Stockholm, 27. Juni 2023.
- ‘Sport, Identität und soziokulturelle Dynamiken in Ozeanien: Das Beispiel Rugby in Fidschi’, Gemeinsame Jahrestagung des Pazifik-Netzwerk e.V., der Pazifik Infostelle, und der Österreichisch-Südpazifischen Gesellschaft (OSPG), Passau, 18. Juni 2023.
2022
- ‘International Relations, Cross-Border Mobility and Education: The Case of Fiji and Japan’, 26. Konferenz der New Zealand Studies Association (NZSA), online, 06. Juli 2022.
- [mit Sa’iliemanu Lilomaiava-Doktor] ‘Pacific Islanders, mobility, and institutional dynamics: an introduction’, 13. Konferenz der European Society for Oceanists (ESFO), Ajaccio, 04. Juni 2022.
- [mit Anita von Poser] ‘The potentials and limitations of the “RG Ozeanien”’, 13. Konferenz der European Society for Oceanists (ESFO), Ajaccio, 03. Juni 2022.
2021
- ‘Gathering the “community” in the metropolis: Fiji Islander sociality in the Greater Tokyo Area’, Konferenz der Pacific History Association, online, 18. November 2021.
- ‘Keeping the Bula Association alive? Generational dynamics and a UK-based Fijian migrant organisation in times of crisis’, Zweijahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, online, 30. September 2021.
- [mit Sina Emde] ‘Fiji Islander sociality in urban and migrant environments: the case of Fijian professionals’, Online-Workshop: Environments & Socialities in Oceania: Practices of Transformation & Cooperation, 25. Juni 2021.
2019
- ‘The potential of multi-ethnic Fiji Islander sociality: A comparative perspective of two migrant settings (Japan & United Kingdom)’, Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur l’ Océanie, Marseille, 15. März 2019.
- ‘Fiji Islander kava discourses and practices in Japan and the United Kingdom’, Meeting der Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania (ASAO), Auckland, 14. Februar 2019.
- ‘Sociality: A useful tool to conceptualize multi-ethnic migrant “communities”? Insights from anthropology’, SOWIS-Lab(or), Seminar für Sozialwissenschaften, Universität Siegen, 08. Januar 2019.
2018
- ‘The potential of Fiji Islander sociality: a comparison of inter-ethnic relations in three ethnographic settings’, Vortragsreihe des Instituts für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, 24. April 2018.
- ‘Exploring multi-ethnic Fiji Islander sociality in Tokyo and London’, Melanesia Research Seminar, British Museum, London, 23. März 2018.
- ‘Fiji Islander migrant organisations in Japan and the United Kingdom: (Multi-)ethnic sociality in context’, Vortragsreihe des Instituts für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie (Wednesday Seminars), Universität Wien, in Kooperation mit der Österreichisch-Südpazifischen Gesellschaft, Wien, 24. Januar 2018.
2017
- ‘“This is not Fiji bro!” Vanua practices and discourses among indigenous Fijians in Japan and the United Kingdom’, Zweijahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde, Berlin, 06. Oktober 2017.
- ‘Coups d’état and soldiership in Fiji: Colonial legacies and indigenous agency’, 5. Konferenz des European Network in Universal and Global History, Budapest, 02. September 2017.
- ‘Alternative Socialities in and beyond Oceania’, 11. Konferenz der European Society for Oceanists (ESFO), München, 02. Juli 2017.
2016
- [Mit Sina Emde] ‘Urban Middle Classes, Professionalism and the Moral Economy in Contemporary Fiji’, Internationale Konferenz ‘“Village” and “Town” in Oceania’, Frobenius Institut, Frankfurt am Main, 02. April 2016.
2015
- ‘The 1961 British Military Recruitment Campaign in Fiji and Its Implications for Fiji Islanders in the United Kingdom’, Zweijahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde (DGV), Marburg, 02. Oktober 2015.
- ‘Dilemmas of Ethnographic Encounter: Reflections on Estranged Interlocutors and the Anthropologist as Community Builder’, 10. Konferenz der European Society for Oceanists (ESFO), Brüssel, 27. Juni 2015.
- ‘Doing Ethnography Among Fiji Islanders in Japan and the United Kingdom’, AN441 Anthropological Field Methods & AN501 Field Research Seminar, Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science, 23. Februar 2015.
2014
- ‘Narratives of “Fijianness”: Perspectives from Urban Fiji and Japan’, Brunel Anthropology Seminar, Brunel University London, 02. Dezember 2014.
- ‘Negotiating Community Online: Social Media Use among Fiji Islanders in Japan’, Anthropology in London Day, University College London, 24. Juni 2014.
- ‘Rugby Migration and the Fijian “Way of Life”: Perspectives from Japan’, Austronesia Research Seminar, Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science, 17. März 2014.
2013
- ‘Fijian Rugby Migration: Perspectives from Japan and Beyond’, World Rugby Museum, Twickenham, London, 28. November 2013.
- ‘Fijian Rugby Players in Japan’, Internationale Konferenz ‘Fiji Rugby Centenary’, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fidschi, 01. Juli 2013.
- ‘Coups and Cults: A Comparison of Two Fijian Political Projects’, Internationales Symposium ‘Cargo Cults and Contemporary Conflicts in Pacific Societies’, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, 26. Januar 2013.
2012
- ‘Questioning Community? Perceptions of Self and Belonging Among Fiji Islanders in Japan’, 9. Konferenz der European Society for Oceanists (ESFO), Bergen, 08. Dezember 2012.
- ‘Fiji Islanders in Japan: Transnational Ties and Ideas of Community’, Social Research Working Group, Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien (DIJ), Tokyo, 14. November 2012.
- ‘“Studying-up” in Pacific Anthropology: Political History, Coup Culture and Elite Discourse in the Fiji Islands,’ Departmental Seminar, Department of Anthropology, University of Tokyo, 16. Juli 2012.